CHAPTER 85 — DOUBLE SPREAD, DOUBLE-EDGED.
Today’s paper stained my fingers before it stained the city.
I bought it at the corner newsstand the way you buy a bomb and still ask for your change. The paperboy didn’t even look up; to him, it was all just paper. To me, it was the first time I’d seen “STABILITY” printed in big type, paired wi...
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Chapters
1. CHAPTER 1: THREATENED NOTES.
2. CHAPTER 2: LIES WITH A HINT OF COFFEE.
3. CHAPTER 3: A FILE CALLED HELL.
4. CHAPTER 4 – THE KEY AND THE ECHO OF SILENCE.
5. CHAPTER 5 – SHADOWS WITH PERFUME.
6. CHAPTER 6 – TOASTS UNDER THE CROSSHAIRS.
7. CHAPTER 7 – THE PORT OF LIES.
8. CHAPTER 8 – FILES TO DIE FOR.
9. CHAPTER 9 – FALSE MOVE.
10. CHAPTER 10 – ALL IN THE SAME ROOM.
11. CHAPTER 11 – THE ARMED INTRUDER.
12. CHAPTER 12 – BLIND RUN.
13. CHAPTER 13 – AFTER THE SHOT.
14. CHAPTER 14 – THE POISONED OFFER.
15. CHAPTER 15 – KEY TO THE SHADOW.
16. CHAPTER 16 – UNDER RED LIGHT.
17. CHAPTER 17 – THE ALLEY’S GAME.
18. CHAPTER 18 – THE FORBIDDEN MOVE.
19. CHAPTER 19 – BETWEEN SHADOWS AND ESCAPES.
20. CHAPTER 20 – SHADOWS AMONG WITNESSES.
21. CHAPTER 21 – FIVE FALSE STEPS.
22. CHAPTER 22 – FIVE PAIRS OF EYES.
23. CHAPTER 23 – THE ORDER NO ONE EXPECTED.
24. CHAPTER 24 – AGAINST THE CLOCK.
25. CHAPTER 25 – RED-THREAD RESCUE.
26. CHAPTER 26 – TWO FINGERS FROM THE ABYSS.
27. CHAPTER 27 – LINE OF FIRE
28. CHAPTER 28 – THE WOLF’S COURTESY.
29. CHAPTER 29 — FRIENDLY FIRE.
30. CHAPTER 30 — WINDOWS AND KNIVES.
31. CHAPTER 31 — BREATHING WINDOWS.
32. CHAPTER 32 — UNFORGIVING BRIDGES.
33. CHAPTER 33 — QUESTIONS IN RED.
34. CHAPTER 34 — HOW TO SIGN WITHOUT SIGNING.
35. CHAPTER 35 — SEVEN, UNDATED.
36. CHAPTER 36 — THE PRICE OF “HOW I LIVE”.
37. CHAPTER 37 — SIGN HERE (WITHOUT SEEING ME).
38. CHAPTER 38 — BORROWED DATES.
39. CHAPTER 39 — POISONED KEYS.
40. CHAPTER 40 — THE DATE ON THE WALL.
41. CHAPTER 41 — THE HAND THAT ERASES.
42. CHAPTER 42 — THE KEY THAT DOESN’T TOUCH.
43. CHAPTER 43 — THE RECEIPT FOR THE VOID.
44. CHAPTER 44 — WATERMARK.
45. CHAPTER 45 — L–12 AT MIDNIGHT.
46. CHAPTER 46 — CHAIN WITHOUT HANDS.
47. CHAPTER 47 — THE DATE THAT BITES.
48. CHAPTER 48 — WRITING IT INTO EXISTENCE.
49. CHAPTER 49 — THE NAME I DON’T SAY.
50. CHAPTER 50 — BITING THE DATE.
51. CHAPTER 51 — A CHAIN THAT WALKS.
52. CHAPTER 52 — WHO KEEPS VIGIL, WHO COLLECTS.
53. CHAPTER 53 — WHO AUTHORIZES THE AMOUNT.
54. CHAPTER 54 — THE LOGBOOK THAT DOESN’T EXIST.
55. CHAPTER 55 — THE KEY THAT COLLECTS.
56. CHAPTER 56 — THE LOCK THAT BREATHES.
57. CHAPTER 57 — THE DOOR THAT DOESN’T SPEAK.
58. CHAPTER 58 — WHO HOLDS THE LOCK.
59. CHAPTER 59 — THE LOCK ABOVE.
60. CHAPTER 60 — BORROWED LOCK.
61. CHAPTER 61 — WHO BLESSES WITHOUT A MOUTH.
62. CHAPTER 62 — THE VOICE DOES NOT IGNITE.
63. CHAPTER 63 — THE PRICE OF THE SIGNATURE.
64. CHAPTER 64 — WHO AUTHORIZES THE CHARGE.
65. CHAPTER 65 — WHO DECIDES MAINTENANCE.
66. CHAPTER 66 — URGENCY WITHOUT A TEMPLE.
67. CHAPTER 67 — APPROPRIATIONS DESK.
68. CHAPTER 68 — WHO ACCOUNTS FOR THE EXPENSE.
69. CHAPTER 69 — WHO DECIDES TO PAY.
70. CHAPTER 70 — WHO CUTS THE ROOF.
71. CHAPTER 71 — WHO PROFITS WHEN THE ROOF IS CUT.
72. CHAPTER 72: THE PARTY AND THE KNIFE.
73. CHAPTER 73: DOOR THREE.
74. CHAPTER 74: MILANO, ALONE (AS ALONE AS POSSIBLE).
75. CHAPTER 75 — THE PRICE OF A LAST NAME.
76. CHAPTER 76 — THE TABLE AND THE WOUND.
77. CHAPTER 77 — THE LAW FIRM’S VERSION.
78. CHAPTER 78: THE MISSING SCAFFOLD.
79. CHAPTER 79: THE BORROWED MICROPHONE.
80. CHAPTER 80: THE TABLE AND THE ROUTE.
81. CHAPTER 81: INNER CIRCLE, LONG SHADOW.
82. CHAPTER 82: THE FINE PRINT OF MY VOICE.
83. CHAPTER 83: THE COST OF NAMING NAMES.
84. CHAPTER 84: NAMES IN THE LINE OF FIRE.
85. CHAPTER 85 — DOUBLE SPREAD, DOUBLE-EDGED.
86. CHAPTER 86 — BOXES, CAMERAS, AND THE BACK DOOR.
87. CHAPTER 87 — THE WAREHOUSE WHERE RECEIPTS DON’T EXIST.
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